New Drainage Infrastructure Fails as Storm Therese Floods El Pris

Storm Therese has left a path of destruction along the coast of Tacoronte, with the town of El Pris hit particularly hard by unprecedented flooding. The severity of the rainfall has raised serious questions about the effectiveness of new drainage infrastructure that was completed just three months ago.

The Urraca Building serves as a stark example of the damage. Residents were forced to take matters into their own hands to save their vehicles from a garage that had never flooded before. They believe recent canalization work is to blame for the disaster. Mud and water not only swamped the ground floors and parking areas but also reached the upper levels, causing leaks on terraces and in apartments.

This event highlights how vulnerable coastal areas are to extreme weather, a problem made worse in areas with many vacation homes. In El Pris, where the population fluctuates significantly between seasons, the burden of emergency response falls on an aging local community. Without effective preventive measures in place, these residents have had to organize their own cleanup efforts to limit the damage.

Property owners are deeply concerned, especially after seeing that the recent technical upgrades failed to drain the water as promised. As residents continue to assess the damage, the incident has sparked a necessary debate about urban planning and the reliability of public infrastructure in the face of increasingly unstable weather. Far from providing the promised protection, the recent construction work has left the people of El Pris feeling helpless against a storm that, while intense, should not have caused such widespread destruction.